Resilient tire.



H. HAUS.

RESILIENT TIRE.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

70H Henry Haus.

ArroH/vfy APPLICATION FILED MAY 18| 1915.

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nnivnrimns, or) Porn vanter, cALrroiuvI. f' i To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY Haus, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Pope Valley, in the county of Napa and State of California, have yinvented a new and Improved Resilient Tire, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i l

My invention relates to resilient tires of the non-pneumatic type.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, inexpensive and efficient resilient tire which will respond readily and uniformly to variation of loads thereon that may be caused by the unevenness of the road or sudden obstacles that mav come across the wheel. y i

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fullyappear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a fragment of my wheel; Fig. 2

is a section through they resilient portion of the wheel on line 2 2, Fig. 3; and' Fig.y 8 is a cross section through the yresilient portion of the wheel on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Referring tothe drawings, ll' represents the hub, which is connected to a felly 5 by rigid spokes 6. The felly 5 is preferably U- shaped in cross section. Secured to the bottom of the felly 5 at suitable intervals are thel lower leaves 7 of an elliptical spring, the upper leaf 8 of the spring being secured to a sectional rim 9 formed of an inner and outer series of spaced plates l0, the two series being staggered. The inner and outer plates 10 aremade to overlap symmetrically with respect to the elliptical springs. The overlapping ends of the plates located above each upper leaf 8 of the elliptical spring are secured to each other andto the leaves by bolts 11. The ends 12 of the elliptical spring bear` against the overlapping ends y'of the vin each elliptical spring.

Speccat'ien/ofiettersiatent. Patented A110'. 24;, 1915.

Application filed May 18, 1915.

SerialpNo. 28,856.

beingk further reinforced by a central memn bery 13. f It may be said that the end of the lower leaf bears in the endy of the upper leaf Located between the upper and lower leaves of each spring and central therewith is a coil yspring 14, the ends of the spring lt'being secured to the upper and lower leaves by any suitable means to prevent said spring from moving laterally therebetween. Engaging the outer plates 10 of the sectional rim 9 isa rubber shoe 15 which partially extends between the sides ofthe U-shaped felly, and which mainf tains itsengagement with the sides of `the felly under the maximum displacement ofr the resilient means within said U-shaped member. This shoe protects the parts from y dirt and dust,as it is snugly fitted into said U-shaped member. 'j

By forming the rim 9 of two seriesfof spaced, overlapping plates, a more uniform distribution of the load on the elliptical springs is obtained. That is to say, if a sud,-

den shock is applied under lone of the ellip-f` ticalsprings, the sectional rim 9 formedof the4 -plates 10 will at once distribute ka large part ofthe vshock to the adjacent elliptical spring, thereby relieving each ofthe elliptical springs from an` excessive strain. A

I claim:

1. In combination, a hub, a felly U-shape in cross section, spokes from the hub tothe felly, a rim formed of an inner and outer contacting series of spaced plates, the plates of the two series being staggered and located between the sides of the U-shaped felly', elliptical springs interposed between the rim and the felly, and a rubber shoe engaging*r the rim and projecting out of said felly.`

2. In combination, a hub, a felly U-shape` in cross section, spokes from the hub to the felly, a rim formed of an outer and inner contacting series of spaced plates, the plates of said series being staggered, elliptical springs interposed between the felly and the rim, means connecting the alternately overv lapping ends of the plates Awith the elliptical Y v -nected endslof the plates, a-coil spring lin f ,Y 1,151,462-v being adapted yto bear against the non-con#4 two subscribing Witnesses y f l HENRYHAUS;

each elliptical spying betweenfthe upper and "5` lower leaves thereof,V andl a shoe associated Y Witnesses:

Withfthe rim andprojecting outwof the felly'. Y' YL. B. PALMER, l

In testimony whereof `I have signed my l C. AJAOKsoN.

springs, lthe ends of said elliptical Vsprnigfs name to this speceaton inther presence of l Copies bf this pvatenrtnxy be obtained for ive cents eachy'y 'addressing 'the Commissioner of Patents,-`

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